Home You Can Carry: A Travel Cooking Guide From Mom

Home You Can Carry: A Travel Cooking Guide From Mom

Home You Can Carry: A Travel Cooking Guide From Mom is a long note from Mom to her grown traveler — a reminder that even when you’re short on time, space, and money, even when you’re far from home and working with limited tools, you can still take good care of your comfort, nutrition, and well-being. Born from real life, and written as a gift to a son constantly on the road, this book has become the survival manual every traveler wishes they had . Whether you're living a hotel-to-hotel lifestyle, driving long routes for work, juggling unpredictable schedules, or supporting a young adult learning how to feed themselves in the real world, this guide shows readers how to eat well, stay grounded, and avoid travel burnout . This isn’t just a cookbook — it’s reassurance that capability travels with you, comfort is portable, and “home” can be something you build wherever you land. Inside, you’ll find: • Smart shopping strategies for any city, budget, or grocery aisle. • Hotel-friendly cooking methods that work with microwaves, mini-fridges, crock-pots, kettles, and even no-heat situations. • Realistic, low-stress recipes designed for limited tools and limited time. • Tips to stretch ingredients, avoid waste, and portion food so it lasts. • A guide to essential tools you can travel with — and which ones TSA will absolutely confiscate. • Clever hotel hacks that turn “I’m starving” into “I’ve got this.” You’ll also learn simple ways to stay centered through routines for mind, body, and soul , plus practical advice for navigating rental cars, hotel policies, basic sanitation, and the everyday chaos of life on the move. Practical. Warm. Funny. And built for real life — not perfectly staged social media kitchens. This book helps any traveler stay better fed, more comfortable, and more at home wherever the road takes them. It’s an ideal gift for students leaving home, truckers, hotel-hoppers, touring musicians, traveling workers, nomads, or anyone learning to take care of themselves away from home for the first time.